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Sitifan Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Hers

When Pericles drew to the end of his funeral oration, he finally had a word for the widows of the dead: "If I should say a word on the duties of the wives who will now be widows, I will sum up the whole in a short piece of advice: your great glory is not to fall beneath the nature you have been given, and hers is the greatest glory who is least talked about among the men for praise or for blame."

What does "hers" refer to in the above passage?
  

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" What does "hers" refer to in the above passage? The wife who is least talked about among the men for praise or for blame. It's just a literary, poetic kind of word order.

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  • " What does "hers" refer to in the above passage?
  • The wife who is least talked about among the men for praise or for blame.
  • It's just a literary, poetic kind of word order.
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Hi,

When Pericles drew to the end of his funeral oration, he finally had a word for the widows of the dead: "If I should say a word on the duties of the wives who will now be widows, I will sum up the whole in a short piece of advice: your great glory is not to fall beneath the nature you have been given, and hers is the greatest glory who is least talked about among the men for praise
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When Pericles drew to the end of his funeral oration, he finally had a word for the widows of the dead: "If I should say a word on the duties of the wives who will now be widows, I will sum up the whole in a short piece of advice: your great glory is not to fall beneath the nature you have been given, and hers is the greatest glory who is least talked about among the men for praise or for blame."
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'Your' = all the widows
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What does "to fall beneath the nature you have been given" mean?
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To remain stalwart, noble, etc.
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